I WRITE in support of Archbishop Peter Smith of Cardiff regarding his advice to Catholic politicians who vote in favour of abortion, that they should refrain from receiving Holy Communion.

The resulting mentality of abortion and our present abortion culture in Wales, the UK and around the world (500 abortions a day in the UK alone) we suspect, has taken a great depth of examination of how Catholic bishops should act to bring to light the terrible consequences of voting and supporting the daily holocaust of these unborn innocents and the damage it is having upon attitudes towards the young and vulnerable in our society. If we as a nation uphold the killing in such numbers of these innocents, then that must undermine general respect for all vulnerable human beings.

We, the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) in Wales have never ceased to question our politicians at all levels of government, not just on their attitude to abortion, but about their voting intentions, if elected, and the results in the main are that the right to life of our unborn brothers and sisters are of no consequence (sadly, even among Catholic politicians), although there is a tiny minority who completely uphold a right to life for the unborn.

We all have the right of conscience and according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church “conscience must be informed and moral judgement enlightened.”

It adds: “A well formed conscience is upright and truthful. It formulates its judgements according to reason, in conformity with the true good willed by the wisdom of the Creator.”